Viruses and infectious diseases
Subtitle: protecting yourself from the invisible enemy
By: [medical editor, Michael N. Starnbach, Ph.D. ; writer, Kathleen Cahill Allison]
Contributors: Starnbach, Michael N.; Harvard Medical School. Health Publications Group
Series: A Harvard Medical School special health report; Special health report from Harvard Medical School
Publisher: Harvard Health Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
ISBN-13: 9781933812496
Subjects: Communicable Diseases; Viruses; Popular works; Communicable diseases; Transmission; Immune system; Viral vaccines
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 49).
Table of contents: title: Viruses, the ultimate invaders; title: Infectious disease in the 21st century; title: Transmission of infectious diease; title: Virus basics; title: The immune system: your natural proectection; title: Antiviral drugs; title: Special bonus section: The new vaccines: Do you need them?; title: What you can do; title: Common viruses you may encounter; title: Less common, more dangerous viruses; title: Bioterrorism.